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37 articoli
Digital product passport (DPP): what the ESPR regulation will require
The ESPR regulation introduces the digital product passport category by category, starting with iron and steel. What it will have to contain, why it does not apply to foodstuffs, and what actually applies to a food producer.
Proof of origin: what makes a claim verifiable or not
Saying “origin France” and proving it are two different things. What turns a declaration into proof — signature, timestamp, a path that can be reconstructed — and the origin claims that do not survive the question “show me”.
The Registre Parcellaire Graphique (RPG): what France’s land parcel register is for and how to consult it
The RPG identifies every French agricultural parcel declared under the CAP. What it actually contains, where to consult it free of charge, and why it is becoming a useful reference well beyond the CAP declaration — EUDR, traceability, proof of origin.
Responding to a retailer’s specification without giving away your margin
What a central purchasing body is entitled to demand, what is negotiable, and what costs more to supply than to refuse. How to read a traceability/quality specification without simply submitting to it.
Seals and cryptographic time-stamping explained for non-specialists
Fingerprint, signature, anchoring: three technical words describing a simple idea — proving that a document existed in this precise form on a given date, without depending on the trust placed in whoever presents it.
Transparency score: how it is calculated, and why it differs from a label
Profile completeness, signed batches, valid certifications, recency of activity: the four components of the transparency score, their weighting, and what it really measures — disclosure, not product quality.
Traceability data security: what a supplier must guarantee
Who can see your data, where it is hosted, what happens in the event of a breach — the security guarantees to check before entrusting your traceability to a third-party tool, in non-technical language.
Structuring your lot numbering: the foundation that makes everything else possible
A badly designed lot number breaks traceability before the first scan. What an identifier must encode, the pitfalls of numbering by date alone, and how to migrate without losing the history.
Upstream and downstream traceability: the difference explained simply
Upstream, downstream, internal: the three notions most often confused by an operator discovering the regulation, with concrete examples for each and what “one-up, one-down” really means.
Direct selling: what the rules require (labelling, weights, prices)
Market, farm, box scheme: labelling and price-display obligations do not disappear in direct selling. What is mandatory even without packaging, the mistakes that cost a fine, and what remains at the seller’s discretion.
Proving your cold chain: what to measure, and how
Regulatory thresholds by product family, where to place sensors, how to alert before a break rather than record it afterwards — what an inspector looks at first, and the mistakes that invalidate a record.
Putting a traceability QR code on your product: the step-by-step guide
GTIN, GS1 Digital Link, minimum printable size, product page content, common mistakes: how to apply a traceability QR code that really works, from the first trial to the last carton.